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EVENT 01: Welcome to the Pentagon!
WELCOME TO THE PENTAGON!
Picture a Las Vegas sized hotel, but with no casino. It's just very big. And there is no gift shop.
The Pentagon welcomes you...
You wake up from a doze seated in a firm lobby chair. Walked through a set of automatic sliding doors, bag in tow. Where did you get that bag? Listen, don't worry about it.
Things to do:
OOC:
- I will make a receptionist thread. please feel free to add your character to the queue for a randomly selected room! if you would like to also have a conversation with one of our three randomly selected receptionists, please say so in your comment. thank. EDIT: room assignments are here! please add any new characters to any random rooms you like. if you change rooms, please be sure to update the spreadsheet. thank yoooou
- i'll make up how to make money and pay for stuff later. for now please don't starve just buy stuff it's Fine
- electricity works. there's local internet but search engines bring up very little about the area. gps does NOT work (for now)
- uh that's it i'm tired please tell me if i missed anything
Picture a Las Vegas sized hotel, but with no casino. It's just very big. And there is no gift shop.
The Pentagon welcomes you...
You wake up from a doze seated in a firm lobby chair. Walked through a set of automatic sliding doors, bag in tow. Where did you get that bag? Listen, don't worry about it.
- All guests to the Pentagon arrived with a medium-sized standard rolling bag. It is filled with any items they would have brought with them if they had time to pack a standard rolling bag before they left. Weapons are okay!
- All guests may bring one living animal. The animal will retain any powers it may have as long as it is not worldbreaking.
- All guests will have their powers. They will not be allowed to use it to break the world. They may break other things, but they will be pulled aside by one of the receptionists for a Talking To. They may be barred from the hotel for the night and it gets cold outside the Pentagon!
- Guests are not limited to standard entry to the hotel. However, if they break hotel property upon entry, they will be expected to pay for repairs. Method of payment will come as soon as I'm not fuckballs tired.
Things to do:
- Check in! There is a handy dandy receptionist at the front desk ready to take your name and your reservation. Yes, you have a reservation! It's here, in this shared suite. You don't remember making that reservation? What a pity. Well, while we get you resituated in the system, I suppose you will have to make peace with your roommate. Please don't fuck up your relationship with your roommate, that would be so terribly awkward. If you would like to trade rooms, that is fine, but please notify the front desk with all involved parties with the details of the room change! Also, please allow one day for admin to catch up with bookings before you trade rooms! Try to be nice to your one night roomie okay okaywelcome nerds. enjoy your stay!
- Get breakfast! A free continental breakfast is served from 6 am to 10 am. Please come by for fresh food!
- Chill in the lobby! When it isn't doubling as the breakfast area, the lobby area functions as both a waiting room, a meeting place, and a chill seating area in case you don't want to eat your gas station hotdog at the gas station like a neanderthal. wow.
- Find your room!Each suite has a:
- kitchenette (one pot, one pan, plastic silverware, paper plates and bowls. no food. that's at the gas station across the street.)
- microwave
- fridge (with drinks! you will have to pay for them if you take them. it's going to be Esspensive.)
- two beds (small, but very comfy)
- bathroom with bath and shower (with standard toiletries. if you need more, you can call the front desk! there are towels, but if you make a real mess, call the front desk for fresh ones.)
- toilet (no bidet)
- closet (3 hangers, one extra set of sheets, one extra comforter, two extra pillows, a small ironing board, an iron)
- shared side table (two drawer compartments, one for each bed; there are outlets for electronics)
- wardrobe (just one, but it's big! please share.)
- desk with rolling chair (just one! again, please share. also: a notepad with a cheap ballpoint pen, a phone, and a phone directory for standard hotel amenities)
- pullout bed couch (for more guests! this bed is far less comfy than the standard beds.)
- television (with standard cable and standard trash programming. nothing particular stands out about the programming.)
- book shop? ... There is a bookshop where the gift shop should be. Where did it come from? Perhaps it's always been there, in the same way the faceless staff of the Pentagon have always been there. There is currently caution tape over the front entrance. Although the entrance isn't locked, it is not advised to enter the bookshop early. Who knows what might happen (the people who were in the City knows what will happen no don't touch that—)
- gas station? across the street? The street stretches into the horizon. This place is flat. so very flat. but there's a gas station.- fresh produce (limited, but good variety. may be slightly wilted.)How do you pay? the gas station guy will charge it to your room! Who's paying for your room? Erm. Tehe. pero
- standard basic groceries (including pet food for your Living Creatures)
- liquor section (we in the south now boyzzz)
- lotto ticket machine (?)
- chargers/small electronics
- wall o candy
- basic amenities and toiletries(fancier than hotel amenities but not by much)
- magazines!
- slushy machine
- coffee machine
- rolling hotdogs
- hot fast food
- car maintenance products. you know. for your car
- gas station guy. nice guy
You can also go to the gas station guy and buy a bus ticket to Sin City for a vacay. Sin City is great! Lots to do in Sin City. Buses to Sin City leave every Wednesday evening — don't be late! However, after a month at maximum, you will be back in your room in the Pentagon. Guess the hotel likes you!
Other hotel amenities. This hotel isn't 5 star, but it isn't 3 star either! Standard fancy hotel amenities, such as a small gym, a pool and sauna, a well maintained laundry room, a small spa, and a business center with computers and print station also exist. The only amenity that does not exist is the standard fancy hotel restaurant. Make your food yourselves!!
OOC:
- I will make a receptionist thread. please feel free to add your character to the queue for a randomly selected room! if you would like to also have a conversation with one of our three randomly selected receptionists, please say so in your comment. thank. EDIT: room assignments are here! please add any new characters to any random rooms you like. if you change rooms, please be sure to update the spreadsheet. thank yoooou
- i'll make up how to make money and pay for stuff later. for now please don't starve just buy stuff it's Fine
- electricity works. there's local internet but search engines bring up very little about the area. gps does NOT work (for now)
- uh that's it i'm tired please tell me if i missed anything
ROOM 100
Voirssi Voirssi Voirssi oh fuck oh fuck Voirssi please wake up are you there aaaaaaaa
[ Sung Shiwon is there at the door, all five foot four of her in her pink pajamas, pounding at the door with both of her fists. She is not bothering to be quiet. This is weird and she wants backup!! ]
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Hold on! [He tugs his shirt over his head before scrambling for the door, waiting for a lull in the banging before he pulls it open.] Uh, hello. Voirssi already left but is there something I can help you with?
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[ Shiwon grabs this guest by the wrist and attempts to drag him next door to her room. She is, again, 5 foot 4 and a conpletely normal human, so she may not succeed! Not for lack of trying, though. ]
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[ She unlocks her door and walks in, holding open the door so Illuga can see what's happened. The bed closest to the bathroom is disturbed, presumably from Shiwon having launched herself from it a few minutes ago. The far bed, though...
What looks like a person made entirely out of translucent slime lays under the covers. They are soaking through the covers, actually. The bedding on and around them is sopping wet. ]
You see that too, right?
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He pulls his arm free and holds it in front of her.] Stay behind me. We don't know what that is.
[And better if he's prepared to take the brunt of an attack. He walks forward slowly to get a better look at the person-shaped slime.]
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It doesn't. The person, or whatever it is, is only barely recognizably human in roughly the same way a mannequin would be if said mannequin was slowly melting. Not just melting. With a motion that feels like a sigh, a significant portion of what looks like it may have been its arm expands, then falls apart. It's a bit like lava, a bit like an omurice cut open and gooshing out its insides, but made of jelly slightly tinged blue-green. It smells damp and wet, just south of mold.
Shiwon makes a sound, both disgusted and a little terrified. ]
Is that Alhaitham-ssi? I thought he left to sleep in someone else's room...
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I don't know, but we should look for him now and make sure he's alright. Do you know which room it was?
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[ Shiwon takes her other hand and taps her forehead with her fist. Think, Sung Shiwon, think. She's the ideas guy in her friendgroup, she can figure out something... ]
Okay. We should find Voir-ssi and Arsalan. I don't remember who they checked in, but I know Voir had to take care of the wall thing, and that's how Alhaitham got in... If he came with anyone, they'd know. Do you know where they are?
[ They had cheerfully informed Illuga that they were going to nab some breakfast, so Illuga should know! ]
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He turns around, and luckily sinceis only one room over when he whistles a glowing bird flies over shortly.]
Here, take Aedon with you. I'll stay here and keep an eye on things here, but if you need anything just tell Aedon to come find me.
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Okay. I'll be back as soon as I can. Thank you.
[ And she takes off at a run with Aedon soaring next to her. The next few minutes are... Frankly, a little uneventful? Aedon does come back with a sticky note in his claws, but it's just to give an update: all three receptionists have been notified. Voir is tracking down Alhaitham, Arsalan is working to see if changing the bookings will help. Shiwon will be back soon.
By the time Shiwon comes back with coffee, apples, and waffles and bacon, the slime man in the bed has both at least doubled in volume and almost completely lost structural integrity. The mass of the bed must surely now be more slime than bed.
Shiwon slows to a stop, absentmindedly handing Illuga's plate and coffee to him. Huh. ]
Is it my imagination, or is that like 5 times grosser than it was when I left?
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In the intervening time Illuga has continued to watch the freaky slime mold expand and crept back towards the door as a result.]
It's definitely getting bigger. [Which is it's own kind of worrying.] I haven't touched it yet, but it doesn't look like it's dissolving the bed?
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God. Does it look like it? C'mon, go in the hall and eat. The smell's gonna ruin your appetite.
[ She keeps staring at the mass though, thinking about her stuff still stuck in there... Is it too early to evacuate it all? ]
... I'm not sleeping in there while that's there. But if it spawns another one while I'm gone, and they keep growing...
[ ... A wince. Uh, that could start becoming a problem for their neighbors, for starters. ]
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What about Mr. Alhaitham? Is he alright?
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If, um... he or Aedon aren't back yet, Voir hasn't found him yet. The plan is to have him go to the front desk to change his room number to where he's staying right now, then — oh, speak of the devil.
[ Aedon comes swooping down the hall with another sticky note in his talons.
Changed Alhaitham's booking, but system says confirmation takes 1 night to process. Did anything change in the room? -Arsalan
Shiwon looks at the bed. It is still very full of slime. She sighs and pats her pockets for a pen, slapping the sticky note against the wall to write a nope. :( ]
Did you have breakfast?
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He smiles a bit when Aedon returns, giving the bird a stroke on the head with his finger while Shiwon writes a return note before sending him back off.]
Not yet. Thanks for bringing some to me, after I eat I'll help you clean this up. Did you already eat?
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[ Without blinking, Shiwon takes a waffle off Illuga's plate and eats it with her fingers like a caveman, licking syrup off her fingers while watching Aedon swoop off. She's never been close to a bird of prey, let alone a magical glowing one, but this one is leaving a solid first impression of his kind. ]
God... I know Voir is telling staff about this, but I don't know how much of this they can fix. There's no way it's not gonna smell, even if we whole-ass it...
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If we clean it up now, maybe the rest of the way will be enough time to let your room air out?
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It's a good thing I'm pretty tough, then... Ugh. Wonder if staff has a fan or something. Sorry to pull you out of your room for this, by the way. I honestly thought Voirssi was still in there. This honestly wasn't any of your business, so thanks.
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[ Shiwon pauses and gives that a moment of thought. ]
Okay, on one hand, if you see the actual staff here, you'll get it when I say that I'm pretty damn sure that me and Voir and Arsalan aren't staff. On the other hand, I guess we're technically working for the hotel? I mean, we sort of agreed to it because we wanna get to the bottom of what the flying fuck is happening around here, but that doesn't make us not staff... We just have our faces, is all. Oh, sorry for swearing.
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Thanks. Honestly, if we're the ones who are supposed to know what's going on, we're real fu- oh, hey, he's here.
[ Meaning Alhaitham, likely being pushed along by Kaveh, with Voir bringing up the rear. The last effort they have to fixing the slime problem is physically bringing the person into the room to see if that... does something? Anything? Voir explains that that's the idea, anyway, and in spite of Alhaitham's thoughts, I'm sure Kaveh will have some thoughts about making sure Shiwon doesn't have to sleep with a malevolent (?) blob in the other bed. ]